Cunningham, A. in Field, B. (ed.) (April 1825), On the botany of the Blue Mountains. Geographical Memoirs on New South Wales: 349 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "A slender shrubby plant, in arid rocky situations."

Bean, A.R. (17 December 1997), A revision of Baeckea (Myrtaceae) in eastern Australia, Malesia and south-east Asia. Telopea 7(3): 266 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Micromyrtus ciliata (Sm.) Druce legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Baeckia gracilis A.Cunn. orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Micromyrtus ciliata (Sm.) Druce legitimate

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